Alaska Film Archives - UAF | McKinley climb, 1968 @alaskafilmarchives | Uploaded June 2022 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
The Institute of Arctic Biology at University of Alaska studied human responses to cold and altitude by sending mountain climbers up the West Buttress Route of Alaska's Mt. McKinley -- now officially known as Denali -- in June/July of 1968. The study was funded by a Department of Defense program known as Project Themis. The climbers also collected weather data on the mountain (Color/Silent/16mm film).
These scenes are from AAF-16852 of the UAF Institute of Arctic Biology collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. Please visit the “About” section of our YouTube channel to learn how you can help today. Thank you! For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
The Institute of Arctic Biology at University of Alaska studied human responses to cold and altitude by sending mountain climbers up the West Buttress Route of Alaska's Mt. McKinley -- now officially known as Denali -- in June/July of 1968. The study was funded by a Department of Defense program known as Project Themis. The climbers also collected weather data on the mountain (Color/Silent/16mm film).
These scenes are from AAF-16852 of the UAF Institute of Arctic Biology collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. Please visit the “About” section of our YouTube channel to learn how you can help today. Thank you! For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
